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Many critics hold that the imagery in Macbeth is more rich and dramatic than that of any other of Shakespeare's plays. Woven throughout the tragedy, are the recurring images of darkness, blood, and sleep. These images aid in portraying the evilness and the moral disintegration of the murdering tyrant Macbeth and his fiend-like queen. The images of darkness and night symbolize evil in both mankind and Macbeth. Instruments of darkness is referred to as the witches, the witches are consequently darkness and the devil. S
Macbeth ordered his friend Banquo's death, because of his fear that Banquo had suspicion of his involvement in Duncan's murder. Macbeth's encounter with the witness took an evil hold on him. The witches' prophesy began Macbeth's bloody crusade and a second prophesy began the end when, Macbeth encountered an apparition. 79)Yet, another important image is that of sleeplessness - a symbol of guilt and the consequences of evil. Lady Macbeth calls on the night to cover her deeds with the thickest "smoke of hell," so that "heaven" would not see the deed and cry out to stop.
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